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brokered by BVITV-AP and London based Zone Vision Networks, the series will be
dubbed into Mandarin and will air as three back-to-back episodes per night, with
the entire first season running in one week. Buena Vista
International Television - Asia Pacific senior VP, MD(BVITV-AP) Steve Macallister
says, "We are delighted to be working with Zone Vision as a partner in China.
Desperate Housewives has been breaking records around the world and we
are sure it will be a hit with Chinese viewers." Zone Vision Networks
GM, chief programming officer Chris Sharp says, "As part of our commitment
to our relationship with CCTV and our viewers in China, we have made it a priority
to acquire the very best Hollywood and international series and movies for our
'Jiayi' programme block. Certainly the multi award-winning Desperate Housewives
series satisfies those very high standards. It is a truly unique series and a
worldwide phenomenon, and we are delighted to work with Disney and Touchstone
Television to bring this incredible series to China for the first time."
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